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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 2TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
CHAPTER 147DISPUTE RESOLUTION--AGREEMENTS, SETTLEMENTS, COMMUTATIONS
RULE §147.7Agreements and Settlements: Effect on Previously Entered Decisions and Orders

(a) A written agreement on one or more disputed issues addressed in a presiding officer's decision or order, including an interlocutory order, sets aside the decision or order, as it relates to the agreement, on the date the agreement is approved by the presiding officer.

(b) A settlement filed before a presiding officer's decision becomes final sets aside a presiding officer's decision or order, except for an interlocutory order, on the date received by the division. If the division rejects the settlement, the decision or order will be immediately reentered.

(c) A settlement sets aside an interlocutory order on the date the settlement becomes effective.


Source Note: The provisions of this §147.7 adopted to be effective April 25, 1991, 16 TexReg 2097; amended to be effective July 8, 2024, 49 TexReg 4921

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